
*29 November 1990
Francesco Fortunato, pianist, composer and conductor, graduated in Piano and Composition with honors, and brilliantly in Orchestral Conducting. He attended several advanced courses and master classes with professors such as Leonardo Suarez Paz (chamber music), Anatoly Levin (conductor), Andrea Talmelli (composition) and others. Winner of national and international music competitions, he won the third prize at the “Egidio Carella” International Composition Competition (Val Tidone International Music Competition 2018), the fourth prize at the “MaestroVision Awards” International Composition Competition (Beijing, China) and the first Prize at the “Alessandro Longo” International Piano Competition, Giardini Naxos (ME). He has held piano recitals, concerts as conductor, composer of songs performed by renowned musicians and soundtracks for films and short films, climbing on the stage of numerous theaters and concert halls. His artistic activity also includes the production of six albums with original works for piano and orchestra (for the musical editions GRecords, MAP Edition and Milleville Music) and the publishing of various works for solo instrument, chamber ensembles and symphonic orchestra (for the editions Momenti, MAP Edition, Agenda, Pizzicato Verlag Haelvetia and Universal Edition). Since 2021 he has collaborated with the Calabrian Philharmonic Orchestra for which he has transcribed several works for concert performances (with various performers including Silvia Mezzanotte, Arisa, Valerio Scanu, Riccardo Fogli) and television (Rai1). Currently he is professor of Theory of Harmony and Analysis at the "Francesco Cilea" state conservatory in Reggio Calabria (RC).
My compositional style concerns different musical genres. From minimalism to classical-pop crossover; from contemporary to classic.
The main purpose of this text is to provide performers, teachers and composers with a SINGLE complete source of all aspects of multiphony, with large tables showing thousands of multiple sounds. An attempt was made to systematically develop and classify the thousands of possible multiphonic combinations, indicating the precise fingerings necessary to produce these sounds and describing the necessary adjustments in sound production (embouchure, air pressure, lip pressure, etc.).
https://www.universaledition.com/francesco-fortunato-7974/works/multiphonics-33374